I'm sure everyone remembers how bad things were in the early 2010s:
- Mobile and tablet gaming had gotten big and everyone was convinced that they would overtake consoles for games
- Nintendo and Microsoft were both chasing casual audiences with mobile style games on their consoles
- Microsoft was trying to extract as much money from console gaming as possible with their DRM/anti-used sales measures
- Microsoft was trying to turn consoles into living room iPads/media centres with games use being an incidental focus
- The Wii U was a total flop, which further added fuel to the "consoles are dead" fire
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